SHOOGLENIFTY

Formed in 1990, Shooglenifty pioneered "Acid Croft", traditional Scottish melody fused with contemporary beats and basslines. Three decades on, they've carried Scottish music around the world, as at home in a Highland village hall as on a festival main stage in front of tens of thousands.

Their trail of firsts includes inciting a stage invasion at the Sydney Opera House, becoming the first UK band to play Cuba, and the first Scots to perform in the Borneo Rainforest.

The current six piece pairs Kaela Rowan's Gaelic and English vocals and percussion with Eilidh Shaw on fiddle and Ciarán Ryan on banjo and mandolin, over a rhythm section of Euan McLaughlin (bass) and founding members James Mackintosh (drums) and Malcolm Crosbie (guitar). Their 10th studio album, Stamina Island, arrived in 2026, marking their 35th year.